News and advertisement exhibiting



May 25, 1937. c. w. BRENN 2,081,265

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This invention relates to the art of exhibiting advertisements and the like and writing and exhibiting news items to be shown with the advertisements.

In such exhibiting machines as heretofore provided, the news items were typewritten on a continuous web or strip of paper having alternate advertisement and writing zones thereon, the advertisements being previously printed on the strip and the writing Zone being usually left blank.

In my copending application, Serial No. 4,224, led January 31, 1935, there is disclosed the idea of providing the advertisement displays on an endless band, and superposed with the latter there were provided a writing strip so arranged that a display zone on the display band alternates with a writing Zone on the writing strip.

There are many difficulties attendant upon 20 the production of the printed writing strip first above referred to and the use thereof, and the manipulation of the machine employing the same.

An object of this invention is to obviate these diiiiculties, to facilitate the operation of the machine, and to make the production of the writing strip and display band more economical.

This object is realized, in the broader aspects of my present invention, by placing the display band and writing strip side-by-side rather than in superposed relation, so that the display on the display band may be exhibited simultaneously with the writing of the news item.

By so arranging the display band and the writing strip, the latter is always in position to be written upon without interference from the display band; the display band is never in position to receive type impressions; the writing Zone for each news item is not limited to a predetermined length of the strip; and long or short news items may directly follow each other indiscriminately and without wasting any space between them on the writing strip.

' When, as is customary, several writing and exhibiting machines are connected to be operated from a remote point simultaneously, it was, with the previous proposals, important that al1 of the receiving machines be synchronized with each other and with the sending machine, so that writing would not be performed on the display area of the display band. However, with the present invention, it is not necessary that any synchronism be maintained so far as the positions of the display bands and writing strips are concerned in the various receiving machines or the sending machine, for, as stated above, according to the present invention, the display band is never in position to be written upon by the typing mechanism, and the writing strip is always in position to be written upon and all 5 portions of it may be written upon.

Several embodiments of the present invention are illustrated herein. In some of these, the feed mechanism is so disposed as to advance the writing strip and display band together as one past the position from which they are exhibited.

In other forms of the invention herein disclosed, the feeding mechanism is so disposed that the display band and writing strip may be fed independently. With the latter form of the invention, the advertisement display may be left in View for a predetermined time, regardless of the number of lines written on the writing strip, and instead of advancing line by line with the writing strip the display band may be advanced independently of the writing strip.

Other features and Vadvantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates these several embodiments of my inventionv Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view showing a portion of the typewriting machine with the endless display band and continuous writing strip in position, and also illustrating diagrammatically means for reflecting the images of the display band and writing strip upon a screen.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the writing strip and display band with the feeding means therefor and showing a form of the invention in which the display band and writing strip each has but one marginal row of feeding apertures, which rows are engaged by separate pin wheels.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the display band and writing strip each having two marginal rows of feeding apertures with the adjacent rows on the web and strip overlapped and in register, vthere being three pin wheels to advance the writing strip and display band together as one. 45

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but in this form of the invention the remote marginal edges of the band and strip are devoid of pin wheel apertures andthe writing strip and display web are advanced by a single pin wheel engaging 50 the apertures of the overlapped margins thereof.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Figs. 1 to 4, but showing each band with two marginal rows of feeding apertures and each row of apertures having its own pin wheel.

Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic view showing separate feeding mechanisms for operating the pin wheels at opposite ends of the platen to separately advance the `display and writing strip.

Fig. 7 is a detail view showing a connection which may be provided between the pin wheel for the writing strip and the pin wheel for the display band so that the writing strip may be advanced line-by-line with the display band but permitting the writing strip to be advanced lineby-line independently of the display band.

As diagrammatically shown in the accompanying drawing, the machine for exhibiting advertisements and writing news items now in use comprises a platen I0 for supporting the writing strip so as to receive impressions from type bars II. The machine also comprises a table |2 over which the material to be exhibited is carried, and in front of the table I2 there is provided a source of illumination I3, a reflecting mirror I4 and condensing lenses I5 for transmitting the reflected image to a mirror I6 from which it is reflected against a screen II.

According to the present invention, there is an endless web or band I8 carrying advertising or other displays |9 and passing around the platen I0 upwardly over the table I2, rearwardly over a guide roller 20 and downwardly over another guide roller 2| back to the platen.

The writing strip 22 which, according to the present invention, is preferably supplied from a zigzag folded pile 23, is led over a guide roller 24, and thence down around the platen ID, upwardly over the table I2 and over the guide roller 20, and out of the machine through a discharge opening 25.

Instead of having the display band I8 and the writing strip 22 superposed as previously proposed by me in my copending application Serial No. 4,224, filed January 31, 1935, they are, according to the present invention, placed side-byside, the platen or roller IIJ being extended in length, if necessary, to receive them or the web and band being made narrow enough to t on the existing platen.

When the band I8 and strip 22 are placed sideby-side, the display band will always be within range of the mirror I4 to be reflected on the screen and will never be hidden or covered by the writing strip. Further, the news items, diagrammatically illustrated at 26 in Fig. 2, may be of any desired length without interference from the display band. According to the present invention, the type mechanism, the structure of Which is well known and therefore not shown, is not moved beyond the range of the writing strip in letter-feed direction or return, and therefore there is no danger of writing upon the display band.

It will also be noted that when the display band and writing strip are placed side-by-side, the advertisement displays may closely follow each other and thus a greater number of diiferent advertisements may be accommodated on the same length of band than would be possible if the advertisements were interspersed with windows or transpicuous areas, such as proposed in. my copending application above referred to. The same is true of the news items which may follow one another without interruption or the waste of space.

There are shown several ways of advancing the writing strip 22 and the display band I8. For instance, as shown in Fig. 2, the outer or remote margins IBa and 22a of the display band and writing strip respectively are provided with rows 21 and 28 of feeding apertures. The apertures 2l on the display band are engaged by a row of pins 29 on a pin wheel 30 at one end of the platen I0 while the apertures 28 are engaged by pins 3| on a pin wheel 32 at the other end of the platen. When these pin wheels 30 and 32 are fastened together or to the same shaft 33, it will be seen, both the display band and the writing strip will be fed and the feeding of these will be simultaneous.

It the form of the invention shown in Fig. 2, the inner or adjacent margins I8bl and 22h of the display band and writing strip overlap so that there is no space between them, and danger of the edge of one cutting the edge of the other is obviated.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 3, the margins Ia and I8b and also 22a and 22D of the display band and writing strip are provided with rows of feeding apertures 2'I, 21a, 28 and 28a, the apertures 21a and 28a being in the overlapping margins |8b and 22h and being in registry so that the band and the strip by these inner or adjacent margins are simultaneously engaged by a row of pins 34 carried on the platen between the pins 29 and 3|.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 3, the band and the strip are each fed by both side margins. Where the quality of the paper permits, the holes 2'I and 28 in the remote margins of the display band and writing strip |8 and 22 respectively may be omitted along with the pins 23 and 3|, as shown in Fig. 4, and in this form the display band and writing strips are engaged simultaneously and fed solely by the pins 34 at the middle of the platen.

If desired, the display band I8 and writing strip 22 may be separated laterally and not overlap, as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. Thus, as shown in Fig. 5, a space 35 is left between the display band and the writing strip and two sets of feeding pins 34a and 34h are provided, one to engage the apertures 21a and the other to engage the apertures 28a.

With the forms of the invention shown in Figs. 2 and 5, where the writing strip and display band are independently engaged, it is possible to feed the band and strip by separate actuating mechanisms so that one may be left stationary while the other advances. For instance, it may be desired to have the display band remain stationary for a minute, regardless of the number of lines which are written on the writing strip.

Such an arrangement is diagrammatically i1- lustrated in Fig. 6, in which the pin wheel 3| for the writing strip has a ratchet 3B and a pawl 31 operated by a solenoid 38, while the pin wheel 29 for the display band has a ratchet 39 and a pawl operated by a solenoid 4|. If the platen is split as in Fig. 5, and as diagrammatically illustrated in Fig. 6 by dot-and-dash lines, each part of the platen will move with its associated pin wheel; otherwise the pin wheel 29 may be mounted to rotate on the shaft 33 for the platen and may be connected to its ratchet 39 by a sleeve 42. In such case, the platen will move with the writing strip and will be stationary when the display band is advanced.

If desired, a one-way driving connection may be provided between the pin wheels 29 and 3|, as illustrated in Fig. '7, in which the pin wheel 3| is provided with a pawl 43 engaging a ratchet 44 connected by a sleeve 45 to the pin wheel 29.

Thus, when the pin wheel 23 is operated to advance the display band, the ratchet 44 through the pawl 43 will drive the pin wheel 3|. Yet, when the pin Wheel 3l is driven. the pawl 43 will pass idly over the teeth of the ratchet Wheel 44.

If desired, the adjacent or overlapping margins of the writing strip 22 and the display band IB may be confined to the display table I2 by a nger or bar 45, shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and this bar may be as Wide or as narrow as desired. As shown in Fig. l, the portion of the strip 22 and band |53, which is not to be picked up and reflected, may be covered by a shield 46, and where the latter is attached, the guide bar 45 may be secured to, or form part of the shield 46.

Variations and modications may be made within the scope of this invention and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and for which it is desired to obtain Letters Patent, iszl. In an exhibiting telegraphic typewriter, a platen and display table over which a continuous writing strip is. fed; means for feeding said strip to bring successive portions thereof to writing and exhibiting positions; an endless web carrying a series of displays; means for supporting and guiding said endless display web into position at the side of the writing strip for advancement coordinately with the feeding of the writing strip; and means for simultaneously projecting and exhibiting a display on said display web and a written portion of the writing strip.

2. The invention as dened in claim 1, in which the means for supporting the display web and writing strip includes the platen around which the writing strip passes to receive type impressions.

3. The invention as defined in claim 1, in which the means for supporting the display web and writing strip includes the platen around which the web and strip pass to be advanced together side-by-side.

4. The invention as defined in claim l, in which there is means for simultaneously advancing the web and the strip, including means for engaging only one lateral margin of the web and one lateral margin of the strip.

5. The invention as defined in claim 1, in which there is means for simultaneously advancing the web and strip, including means for engaging only the adjacent lateral margins of the web and strip.

6. The invention as defined in claim 1, in which the adjacent lateral margins of the web and strip overlap, and in which there is means for engaging only the overlapped margins of the web and strip to advance the latter simultaneously.

7. The invention as defined in claim 1, in which there is means engaging the remote lateral margins only of the web and strip to advance the latter simultaneously.

8. In an exhibiting machine, the combination of a web carrying a series of displays and having at least one lateral margin provided with a row oi feeding apertures; a writing strip on which news items or the like are Written upon to be exhibited and having on at least one lateral margin a. row of feeding apertures.; means for supporting said display web and writing strip for exhibition side-by-side; and means for advancing said web and strip, including separate sets of feeding pins for engaging the apertured margins of the web and strip respectively, and means for operating one set of pins. without the other.

9. In an exhibiting telegraphic typewriter, a platen over which a writing strip is fed to receive type impressions of matter to be exhibited; a series of advertising displays physically separate from said writing strip; means for bringing said displays one after another into exhibiting position side-by-side with the portion of the writing strip which is in exhibiting position in substantially the saine optical plane and means for simultaneously projecting and exhibiting a written portion of the writing strip and a display.

10. In an exhibiting Writing machine, the combination of a web carrying a series of displays arranged longitudinally therealong; a writing strip on which news items or the like are written upon and arranged longitudinally therealong; guiding means. for the web and the strip whereby when both are moved longitudinally a display on the strip is brought to an exhibiting position and the writing strip is simultaneously brought to an exhibiting position; means for thus moving said web to substitute one of said displays after another at the rst-mentioned exhibiting position and for simultaneously moving said strip to substitute one writing for ano-thier at the secondmentioned exhibiting station, said exhibiting positions being side-by-side; and means for projecting and exhibiting the portions of the writing strip and display web located in said sideby-side exhibiting positions.

1l. The invention as defined in claim 10, there being a writing station, and means at said station for applying writings to the writing strip before such strip reaches its exhibiting position.

CARL V BRENN. 

